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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “aspires” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

55 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
aspires961204(None) 
aspire8612121aspire_
aspired1068171aspired
aspirer967901aspirer
aspirers1066491aspirers
aspises9611641aspises
spires84628111_spires
admires1038662admires
alpines94016192alpines
amperes11313982amperes
apices104916262a_pices
apres75426402a_p_res
apsides103911302apsides
ascites9312602ascites
asides75118872as_ides
asperges11318092asperges
aspers86220312asper_s
asperse94210662asperse
asperses104111672asperses
aspics104211562aspi_cs
aspirates1139612aspirates
aspirin937822aspirin
aspirins1037732aspirins
aspis74618142aspi__s
assizes1638452assizes
assures7611402assures
attires72312952attires
auspices1236442auspices
empires1139852empires
espies83716802espi_es
expires1638682expires
inspires1037622inspires
respires10311902respires
satires72617572satires
shires95225572_shires
sires55945372_s_ires
spares84834552_spares
spices104326032_spices
spiers84421742_spiers
spies76037622_spi_es
spikes124520712_spikes
spiles84227912_spiles
spines85132032_spines
spire75828692_spire_
spirea84015632_spirea
spireas94412512_spireas
spired94921862_spired
spirem104214162_spirem
spirems11499562_spirems
spirts85317132_spirts
spites84127332_spites
spores84726612_spores
suspires1038202suspires
umpires1137812umpires
vampires15226032vampires

Search took 5 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671554.32624889.3
3Display Results55550.0163437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691554.73237762.3
 
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